Road crashes in North Ayrshire

5,233 recorded collisions since 2000.

North Ayrshire has recorded 5,233 road collisions since 2000, 111 of them fatal and 1,094 causing serious injury. That makes it the 296th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 23% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 21.2 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 74% since 2000, from 329 to 87 in 2024. The A78 is the most affected road locally, with 806 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.